#BDAA3C#BDAA3C

#BDAA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAA3C
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -5.72, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 57.08, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.021 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1782, 39.8962, 10.0692)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAA3C #3C4FBD

analogous

#BD6A3C #BDAA3C #90BD3C

triadic

#BDAA3C #3CBDAA #AA3CBD

tetradic

#BDAA3C #3CBD6A #3C4FBD #BD3C90

square

#BDAA3C #3CBD6A #3C4FBD #BD3C90

split-complementary

#BDAA3C #3C90BD #6A3CBD

monochromatic

#60561F #8F802D #BDAA3C #CFC067 #DED396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDAA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BDAA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAA3C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAA3C	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c378',
    500: '#bdaa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaa3c;
$custom-light: #d4c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAA3C

secondary

#8C95C9

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAA3C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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